<OT> Re: Big problems in Oz

[Joel Hammer]

Yes. The control thing might be right. Of course, cars are hitting deer
all the time in my neck of the woods (suburbs), but, tough luck for the
human and the deer.

I have a book, Chinese Westerns, short stories, written by real Chinese
about real Chinese in the era of Mao. One story concerned an old man
whose only companion was his dog.  The word came down to the village
that because dogs were not useful and ate food, the Communist party
had decreed all dogs in China were to be killed. One character made the
comment that dogs only ate scraps no human would eat, and were therefore
no burden on the village. The decree was simply a way for the Party to
show authority, he said.  Anyway,  bureaucracy being what it is, some
cadres came to the village and killed his dog. I forget what happened
next, the old guy probably died of loneliness or something, but, who
cares. The dogs were all killed and the Party's authority was confirmed.

Somehow, I feel this is way <OT>.

Joel

On Sat, Dec 07, 2002 at 07:45:01PM -0600, R. Quenett wrote:
> from dep:
> 
> " led to the current miserable situation. here in the east, we have 
> " similar in the form of those who think it is somehow better to let 
> " tens of thousands of deer starve to death than it is to shoot and eat 
> " the things.
> 
> Has nothing to do with deer or grass or trees etc etc.  They're just 
> the excuse.  Fact is, it's a control issue, pure and simple.
> 
> R
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